Chip Flees Tim's Place and Faces Wilderness Trail
Chip, a feisty girl about 16, escapes Tim's Place after learning her father sold her to Pete Bolduc for three hundred dollars. She begins a perilous sixty mile trek into the wilderness seeking safety, aided—unexpectedly—by a passing group where she seeks food and shelter.
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Chip
Tim
Tim Connor
Mike
Pierre Lubec
Tomah
Bolduc
Pete
Fox Hole
Regal
Tote Road
Tim's
Levi
Martin
Angie
Pete Bolduc
Pete—Bolduc
Chip McGuire
Vera
Martin Frisbie and Ray Stetson Work in Forest Clearing
Martin Frisbie and his nephew Ray mond Stetson gather boughs and haul them to two tents at the forest mouth. Angie, Martin's wife, arranges tin dishes, knives and forks in front of them as the scene unfolds.
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Martin Frisbie
Raymond Stetson
Ray
Angie
Martin
Lofty Caylloma Mines in Peru to Power Hydro Plant
The Caylloma silver mines in Peru sit at 14 000 to 17 000 feet, among the highest in the world. An English company plans a hydro electric plant at 15 000 to 16 000 feet, drawing power from a Santiago river waterfall and Lake Huaillacho, with power lines three miles long. At the highest mines air pressure is low and water boils well below normal temperature.
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Peru
Santiago
Huaillacho
Amazon
Widow mother credits Peruna cure for night sweats and appetite
Lizzie Lohr of Chicago writes of long illness with night sweats and loss of appetite. After four months following Dr Hartman and Peruna she says she is cured, despite caring for six children as a widow. She offers to share details with interested women.
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Lizzie Lohr
Equal to the Occasion Irish Servant Tale
A West Side New York household story recounts an Irish servant girl who, when asked if her mistress was home, bids the caller put tickets in her mouth and says her hands are wet in a rich brogue, illustrating a humorous clash of classes and quips.
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Emerald Isle
New York
West Side
N. Y. Press
Sores As Big As Pennies Claim Cutiura Remedies Cure
After measles the head and neck were covered with scaly penny sized sores and hair loss. Doctors’ blood remedies and salves failed for six months. A week after using Cutiura Remedies the sores cleared in three weeks and have not returned seven years later. Mrs Henry Porter Albion Nebraska August 25, 1906.
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Henry Porter
Albion, Néb
Horse for sale in London Daily Mail ad cited in Ceylon paper
A dated ad describes a seven year old horse about 15 hands with a fine mouth and pace. It is labeled as a Lady's Hack prized for breeding but said to be obdurate with motors, refuses harness, and rears when mounting. The notice invites applicants to apply.
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Ceylon
London Daily Mail
Japanese Men Outnumber Women in Population
A demographic note states Japan has more men than women with a ratio of 989 men per 1000 women, highlighting a rare gender balance pattern.
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Japan
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Jim
Charles Clark Munn
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co
Chapter
Izzie
A Frank Advertiser
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheney
Kinwan & Marvin
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